Corporate Values
The business success of First Preston HT is only part of our proud history. We have a 23 year history of sharing our success with others, particularly those hit hardest by poverty in our country- women and children. Through the company’s foundation, we support proven programs that provide access to the basic needs of women and children, investing over $10 million in proven programs to promote economic self sufficiency and provide housing, jobs, healthcare, childcare and food.
A long time supporter of Habitat for Humanity, First Preston HT has sponsored the building of 32 Habitat Homes for families in 11 states. Founder and CEO Nancy T. Richards has served on Habitat’s International Women Build Steering Committee. The company annually hosts a “Women Build” event in which women business, political and community leaders join together to build a Habitat Home for a deserving family.
Believing in the powerful combination of business ventures and values, a program to promote entrepreneurial ventures incorporating social values has been established in partnership with Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business. In the international Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures™ Business Plan Competition teams from globally recognized universities compete for awards and funding. For more information on the program, click here.
Through First Preston HT and the foundation, the company has established long-term partnerships with non-profit and faith-based organizations that share our vision of making a difference in the lives of others, some of which include:
| Abyssinian Development CorpAlzheimer’s Foundation of America
AMC Foundation American Cancer Society American Diabetes Association American Heart Association Avon Breast Cancer 3 Day Battered Women’s Foundation Baylor Business Network Baylor Business Women Baylor Foundation Institute for Rehabilitation Baylor Heath Care System Foundation BDF Homeworks Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bradfield PTA Camp John Marc C.A.R.E. Center for Housing Central Montana Hospice Chiapas International Children’s Education Fund Comanche Nation Housing Authority Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Cornerstone Development Corporation Dallas Affordable Housing Coalition Dallas Bethlehem Centers Dallas Christian Women’s Job Corp, Inc. Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Dallas Museum of Nature & Science Dallas Theatre Center Dallas Women’s Foundation Dallas Women’s Museum Denton County Friends of the Family Shelter DFW Runs – Helping the Homeless East Plano Young Life Eastside Pride Esperenza International Foundation Faith Based Conference Farmersville Education Foundation Farmersville Historical Society Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce Freedom from Hunger Friday Nite Friends Girl’s Inc. Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Gladys D. Best Memorial Fund Global Hope Grameen Foundation Habitat for Humanity Haitian Relief Hazeldon Foundation Hockaday School Homes for Our Troops Hope’s Door Hope International |
Interfaith Housing CoalitionInternational Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation
IREM-Chicago Jubilee Park & Community Center Juntos Servimos Mexico Mission Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation Lena Pope Home Lilac Street Block Club LISC Mad for Plaid Campaign Make A Wish Foundation Magnum Baptist Church MDA Lockup Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance National Cowgirl Museum North Texas Food Bank North Texas Women’s Business Play It Forward Plano Children’s Medical Clinic Reformed University Ministries Resource One Credit Union Richardson County Cancer Fund R.L. Turner High School Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Ronald McDonald House Saint Michaels & All Angels Episcopal Church Salesmanship Club Salvation Army Angel Tree Scottish Rite Hospital Serving Him Health International Southwest Improvement Council St. Phillips School & Community Center State Fair of Texas Student Venture Swim Across America Texas Association of Real Estate Brokers Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business Texas Elite 1991 Texas Narcotics Officers Association Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation The Cambridge School of Dallas The Chiapas Project The Christmas Store The Eliza Project The Family Place The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society The McKinney Avenue Contemporary Art The Plan Fund The Transplant Foundation The University of Texas Foundation School of Nursing Vietnam Veterans Foundation Voice of Hope Ministries Whitepain Police Association YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas |
